In Flanders Fields Museum + Menenpoort (Menen gate) Ieper/Ypres
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Curasier uniform for a child
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Propaganda
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Fette Bertha shell
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French Curasier
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French Foreign units uniforms
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Commenwealth uniforms
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German unifroms
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Belgian uniforms
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Cannone da 75/27 modello 06 75mm
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Britisch horse driven ambulance 2/3rd London Field Ambulance, 56th Division
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1st French gas protection gear
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British gas helmet
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German rubber gas mask
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2 inch Medium Trench Mortar, Schweres MaschinenGewehr Maxim sMG08, 17 cm mittlerer Minenwerfer
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Tank-Gewehr M1918, Stokes Mortar
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WW1 aircraft machinegun
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British 6 pdr gun barrel
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42nd battalion CEF, Black Watch of Canada uniform
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German uniform
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French uniform
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American uniform
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Menen Gate facing Ieper centre
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Other side of the gate
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We shall never forget!
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Indian remembrance statue
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Irish remembrance statue
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Ypres Reservoir Cemetry (Commenwealth)
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French remembrance plaque
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24 November 2014, 14:25
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Thanks for posting Gunther. Interesting displays and I especially like the racks with all the different elements of the different uniforms displayed. Gives a good overview of all the pieces needed to be carried by the average soldier.
24 November 2014, 15:49
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Thank you for sharing these pix! It was surely a terrible war, God bless their souls...
24 November 2014, 21:51
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One of the thing is that most people forget that during the Battle for Ypres, not only the Commenwealth troops were present, but also French troops. The French were also those who lost more soldiers per day than any other force. And it was the French who used for the first time gas as a weapon.
25 November 2014, 08:48
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A small bit of history on the poem. flandersfieldsmusic.com/thepoem.html It is a shame that world leaders refuse to learn that war only accomplishes the filling of graveyards.
25 November 2014, 16:24
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Here are some pictures I took during my visit the the In Flanders Fields museum in Ieper/Ypres and at the Menenpoort/Menen Gate.